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Popular Books I Didn't Like Part 3

  Welcome to Part 3! How do you feel about these books? Here are the first two parts in case you missed them: Part 1 , Part 2 1. The Outsiders by SE Hinton . Goodreads summary here . I found this book to be so sad! 2 stars. 2. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood . Goodreads summary here . I do think the author came from a good place when writing this, but I found the story to be too heavy for me. Some parts of it were a bit confusing, too. That includes the worldbuilding. 2 stars. 3. Beloved by Toni Morrison . Goodreads summary here . Again, I like the reasons why the author wrote this, but the story was still too sad and heavy for me. It was also confusing at times. 2 stars.  4. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad . Goodreads summary here . The story was too sad and a bit disturbing at times. 2 stars. 5. Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger . Goodreads summary here . Sometimes the main character Holden was kinda relatable, but sometimes he was just a jerk. I found most of the ...

Classics Book Tag

So I first saw this tag over on the YouTube channel of Mara from bookslikewhoa (check out her video here !), but the tag is originally from another book blog It's a Books World (the original post here ).  As always, I never tag anyone, so feel free to do this tag if you see it! I'd love to see your answers. 1. An overhyped classic you did not like.  Yikes, I have too many answers for this one! I've already said Pride and Prejudice before in two other book tags I did (the first time I did the Unpopular Opinions book tag and Musicals Go Bookish tag ), so I will go with another one I didn't like that I haven't mentioned yet, and that's The Outsiders by SE Hinton . I had this book as a required reading way back in middle school and I thought the story was sooo sad! Even my 12 year old self couldn't understand why we had to read it for school. Even now as an adult I would not consider reading it for fun. Reading about gangs fighting each other is sooo not my th...